DID, AND YOU COULD APPEAR RIGHT
HERE ON WCCO.
SO ANYONE WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN AT HOME KNOWS THAT BATH
TIME CAN EITHER BE A NEGOTIATION
OR SOMETIMES IT'S SOMETHING YOUR
KIDS LOOK FORWARD TO.
BUT, ALI, YOU FOUND A COUPLE
OF SISTERS WHO COULD HIT IT BIG
WITH THEIR IDEA.
YEAH.
YOU COULD SAY THEIR IDEA STARTED
BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN SPEAK.
THIS MORNING WE INTRODUCE YOU TO
SISTER WHOSE LOVE OF BUBBLES HAS
TURNED INTO QUITE THE BOMB
BUSINESS.
SISTERS ISABELL AND CAROLINE
DECIDED TO ENTER THIS BATH
PRODUCT, DA BOMB BATH FIZZERS IN
THE UPTOWN ART FAIR A FEW YEARS
AGO.
SINCE THEN, BUSINESS HAS BEEN
BOOMG.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES THEM THIS
WEEK'S MINNESOTAN TO MEET.
CAROLINE AND ISABELL ARE JUST
LIKE ANY TYPICAL 8TH AND 9TH
GRADERS.
BUT THIS AFTER-SCHOOL PAST TIME
ISN'T JUST A HOBBY BUT A
FULL-TIME OPERATION.
EVERY TIME WE WOULD USE A
BATH BOMB, WE'D BE KIND OF
DISAPPOINTED IN THE END BECAUSE,
OH, WE WANT ANOTHER ONE RIGHT
AWAY.
SO WE THOUGHT IF WE PUT
SURPRISES IN OUR BATH BOMBS,
WHEN THEY'RE DONE DISSOLVING,
BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DO, YOU
GET A SURPRISE IN THE END.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FEEL
DISAPPOINTED THAT YOUR BATH BOMB
HAS RUN OUT SFWLCHLT THAT IDEA
HAS NOW TURNED INTO MORE THAN
JUST BUBBLES BUT A FAMILY
BUSINESS.
WE HAVE ONE YOUNGER BROTHER,
AND HE ACTUALLY HELPS INVENT
SOME OF THE BATH BOMBS, TOO.
THAT'S HOW WE COME UP WITH OUR
BOY BATH BOMBS.
HE CREATED THE NINJA BOMB.
BUSINESS SO GOOD THESE DAYS,
THEY HAD TO HIRE HELP.
WE HAVE A LITTLE PRODUCTION
FACILITY IN THE LOWER LEVEL OF
OUR HOUSE.
THAT'S A FANCY WORD FOR
BASEMENT.
THE GIRLS EVEN OPENED THEIR
VERY OWN KIOSK AT SOUTH DALE
MALL THIS OCTOBER.
THE F STANDS FOR CALLING YOUR
FRUSTRATION.
THE CAKE BOMB SMELL LIKE
CAKE?
YES, IT DOES.
IT EVEN HAS SPRINKLES.
YEAH, IT DOES.
BLING, BUG, AND PARTY BOMBS
TO NAME A FEW, AND JUST IN TIME
FOR HALLOWEEN, HOW ABOUT A
CANDY-SCENTED BATH.
THAT ONE IS OUR FEATURED
FIZZER.
YOU CAN'T GET IT ANYWHERE ELSE,
NOT EVEN ON OUR WEB SITE.
IT SMELLS LIKE CHOCOLATE AND
SMELLS REALLY GOOD.
TOGETHER, THESE TWO REALLY DO
TACKLE QUITE A BIT THEMSELVES.
I DEFINITELY ENJOY KIND OF,
LIKE, ENTERING THE ORDERS AND
LIKE THE TECHNICAL STUFF AND
WORK AT THE BOOTH.
SHE LIKES MAKING THE BATH BOMB.
EVEN PRODUCTION CAN BE A BIT
OF A CHORE.
IT IS KIND OF MESSY WHENEVER
WE CLEAN.
WE --
I GUESS YOU HAVE TO CLEAN UP,
RIGHT?
YES.
A LOT OF CLEANING.
WHILE THESE TWO ARE THE
BRAINS BEHIND THE BOMB, THEY ARE
STILL TOO YOUNG TO ACTUALLY WORK
AT THEIR ONE STOP SHOP.
TO FOR NOW, THEY STILL NEED MOM
AND DAD'S HELP.
DESPITE ALL THAT, THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
GO FOR IT?
DEFINITELY GO FOR IT.
SO THE FIRST BOMB THE GIRLS
MADE A FEW YEARS AGO WAS THE
CHERLY BOMB, AND WHEN THE GIRLS
FIRST STARTED MAKING THEM, THEY
WOULD ONLY MAKE THREE OR FOUR IN
A BATCH, BUT, OF COURSE, THEY
PERFECTED THE PROSES.
THEY STILL USE THEIR PARENTS'
BASEMENT.
THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A DIFFERENT
LOCATION TO CREATE AND DO THE
PRODUCTION LINE FOR THESE BOMBS,
BUT THEIR PARENTS NOW HAVE
BECOME A HUGE HELP JUST BECAUSE
THEIR BUSINESS IS GETTING SO
BIG.
I WAS GOING TO SAY HOW DO
THOSE TWO GIRLS DO IT ALL BY
THEMSELVES, BUT THEY -- THEY DO
HAVE HELP FROM THEIR PARENTS.
THEY DO HAVE HELP.
THEY HAVE TWO PEOPLE WHO WORK 25
HOURS A WEEK, THEN BOTH THEIR
PARENTS ARE HELPING OUT A LOT
WITH THIS BUSINESS.
THEIR FATHER IS A BUSINESS
CONSULTANT.
THIS JOB HAS REALLY TURNED INTO
MORE OF A FULL-TIME JOB FOR HIM
THAN AS WE TALKED ABOUT A LITTLE
BIT.
THEY CAN'T WORK AT THEIR OWN
KIOSK BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OLD
ENOUGH.
RIGHT.
WELL, YOU HAVE SOME IMAGES
OF THEIR WEB SITE.
I WAS LOOKING AT THEIR WEB SITE
THIS MORNING.
I JUST ASKED YOU, LIKE, HOW DO
THE KIDS MAKE THIS WEB SITE?
IT'S AN AMAZING WEB SITE.
IT'S VERY SOPHISTICATED.
THEY HAVE GOT AN EARTH BOMB
AND SO A PORTION OF THE PROCEEDS
ACTUALLY GO TO HELP KEEP THE
OCEAN CLEAN, AND THEY WILL ALSO
BE AT NORTHERN GRADE IN THE
SOLAR ARTS BUILDING THIS WEEK ON
DESPITE ALL THAT, THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.
GO FOR IT.
DEFINITELY GO FOR IT.
THEY ARE CERTAINLY GOING FOR
IT.
JOINING US IN STUDIO THIS
MORNING ARE CAROLINE AND ISABEL.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US,
GIRLS.
THANKS FOR HAVING US.
WE ARE GOING TO SHOW EVERYONE
HOW THESE WORK.
LET'S PUT THEM IN THE WATER.
WHILE THEY FIZZ, TELL ME HOW
LONG IT TOOK YOU GUYS TO MAKE
THE FIRST PRODUCT.
WELL, AT FIRST, WE DID A LOT
OF EXPERIMENTING WITH DIFFERENT
RECIPE BOOKS.
WE LOOKED ONLINE UNTIL WE KIND
OF FIGURED OUT A STRONG RECIPE
THAT WORKED FOR US.
SINCE THEN, WE'VE BEEN DOING
THAT.
DID YOU EVER THINK YOU WOULD
SEE THIS MUCH SUCCESS AFTER
ENTERING THE TOWN ART FAIR?
NO, I DIDN'T.
IT'S BEEN REALLY CRAZY.
IT'S REALLY GREAT BECAUSE IT
STARTED WITH JUST AN ART FAIR
AND NOW WE'RE IN OVER 75 STORES
IN 6 DIFFERENT STATES DOING ALL
SORTS OF FAIRS AND STUFF.
I WISH EVERYONE COULD SMELL
THESE BECAUSE WHAT DIFFERENT
SCENTS DO WE HAVE FIZZING RIGHT
NOW?
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE YUK LIP
TUS, SOME LOVELY LITTLE LAVENDER
OVER HERE, AND SOME BLUEBERRY
LEMONGRASS.
AND HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE
THEM USUALLY TO DISSOLVE?
THE LITTLE ONCE TAKE ABOUT
TWO MINUTES, AND THE BIG ONCE
TAKE ABOUT 5 TO 10.
NOW, WHAT'S YOUR GUYS'
FAVORITE?
I REALLY LIKE THE EARTH BOMB
BECAUSE SOMETHING COOL ABOUT
THAT IS EVERY TIME SOMEONE MAKES
A PURCHASE, SOME OF THE MONEY
GOES TO DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS
THAT HELP SAVE OUR WORLD'S
OCEANS.
THAT'S A REALLY GREAT IDEA.
SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE SURPRISES THAT
MAKE THE PRODUCT SO EWE NIEK?
I'D SAY THE FACT THAT THEY
HAVE SURPRISES IN THEM, BUT ALSO
THE SURPRISES ARE FOR ADULTS AND
KIDS ALIKE, AND, LIKE, EVERYBODY
LOVES SURPRISES.
AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE THE
QUOTE BOMB SO DID YOU PICK OUT
ANY OF THE QUOTES THAT -- THAT
ARE IN THE BOMBS?
UH-HUH.
WE DID.
REALLY?
WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH AND
STUFF AND FOUND AWESOME QUOTES
THAT WE THINK IFRN WOULD LIKE.
TELL ME A LITTLE ABOUT THESE.
SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE WITH
SOME OF THE JARS?
WELL, THAT YOU CAN KIND OF
PICK YOUR OWN PREFERENCE, LIKE,
DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU WANT A
LOT OF FIZZ IN A JAR OR IN YOUR
BATH, AS WELL, AND THOSE HAVE 8
TOY SURPRISES INSIDE.
SWEET.
WELL, WE'LL LET THESE KEEP
FIZZING AND FIND OUT.
I DO SEE A RING IN THERE.
YEP.
THAT'S ONE OF THE SURPRISES.
NICE.
AND THEN YOU WILL FIND THOSE
INSIDE OF THE AMAZEBALLS.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US
THIS MORNING.
YEAH.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU READY FOR A BATH THIS
MORNING OR WHAT?
TELL YOU WHAT, IT SMELLS SO
GOOD.
YOU CAN ALSO GO TO
NORTHERNGRADE, WHICH I LOVE
NORTHERNGRADE.
IT'S GOING TO BE AT IS SOLAR
ARTS BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN
MINNEAPOLIS THIS WEEKEND.
YEAH.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY IF YOU
ARE INTERESTED, THEY HAVE A